The Foundation Board of Trustees is an organ of the Stiftungsuniversität (university foundation under public law) as set forth in the Hessen Higher Education Act. By returning to its original status of Stiftungsuniversität in 2008, Goethe University once more took up the Frankfurt foundation tradition. Consequently, the Foundation Board of Trustees was constituted on 19 May 2008 with the reestablishment of the Stiftungsuniversität. Its members include the mayor of Frankfurt, and friends and benefactors of the Stiftungsuniversität who have earned special merit for the university. They are nominated by the Executive Board and appointed by the University Council for a term of five years.
Rules of Procedure of the Foundation Board of Trustees of Goethe University dated November 2, 2022 →
Members Board of Trustees, Goethe University
(As of June 26, 2025)
- Alfons und Gertrud Kasse Foundation, Frankfurt am Main
Gunther Ruppel, Chairman of the Board - Aventis Foundation, Frankfurt am Main
Ulrike Hattendorf, Managing Director - B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. KGaA, Frankfurt am Main
Kim Comperl, Member of the Board - BVI - Bundesverband Investment- und Asset Management e.V., Frankfurt am Main
Thomas Richter, Chief Executive Officer - Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main
Mag. Sabine Mlnarsky, Member of the Board of Managing Directors - Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
Lars Stoy, Member of the Group Management Committees - Deutsche José Carreras Leukämie-Stiftung e. V., München
Dr. Ulrike Serini, Managing Director - Deutsche Vermögensberatung AG, Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Philipp Heigl, Member of the Board of Directors - Dr. Hans Messer Foundation, Bad Soden
Stefan Messer, Chairman of the Foundation Board and Honorary Senator of Goethe University - Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Foundation, Mannheim
Dr. Jürgen Staiger, Member of the Board of Directors - Dr. Senckenbergische Foundation, Frankfurt am Main
Dr. med. Kosta Schopow, Chairman of the Administration - Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co. KG, Karlsruhe
Dr. Traugott Ullrich, General Manager Marketing & Sales - DZ Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Cornelius Riese, Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors - Else Kröner-Fresenius-Foundation, Bad Homburg v.d.H.
Prof. Dr. Michael Madeja, Chairman of the Board of Directors - Friedrich Flick Support Foundation, Düsseldorf
Eva Maria Kunrath-Ischepp, Member of the Board of Directors - Non-profit Hertie-Foundation, Frankfurt am Main
Annette Schavan, Member of the Board of Directors - Deloitte GmbH
Kirsten Gräbner-Vogel, Head of Audit Industry - Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball AG
Axel Hellmann, Spokesman for the Executive Board - Dr. Elmar und Ellis Reiss Foundation
Dr. Elmar Reiss, Honorary Senator of Goethe University - SustainableLife Foundation
Jürgen Eckert, Member of the Executive Board - Georg und Franziska Speyer'sche University Foundation, Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Ina Hartwig, Member of the Executive Board - German Insurance Association e.V., Berlin
Dr. Norbert Rollinger, President - Julia Heraeus-Rinnert, Deputy Chair of the Foundation Board of Trustees
- Hessisches Ministerium der Finanzen, Wiesbaden
Uwe Becker, State Secretary - Help for children with cancer Frankfurt e.V., Frankfurt am Main
Karin Reinhold-Kranz, Chair of the Board - Johanna Quandt University Foundation, Bad Homburg v.d.H.
Dr. Jörg Appelhans, Chair of the Board of the Johanna Quandt Foundation - Josef Buchmann Foundation, Frankfurt am Main
Dr. h.c. Josef Buchmann, Honorary Senator of Goethe University - MED-EL Medical Electronics m.b. H., Innsbruck
Univ. Doz. Dr. Ingeborg Hochmair, Managing Director - Merck KGaA, Darmstadt
Dr. Andreas Menrad, Global Head of Antibody Research - Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA, Frankfurt am Main
Andreas Meyer, Member of the Shareholders' and Supervisory Board - ODDO BHF AG, Frankfurt am Main
Frank Behrends, Senior Advisor to the Executive Board - RLPR Holding GmbH, Frankfurt am Main (Nachfolge INSIGHT Health)
Klaus Rehnig, Managing Director - Santander Universities, Mönchengladbach
Alberto Dörr, Director Santander Universities Germany - City Frankfurt am Main
Mike Josef, Mayor of the City of Frankfurt am Main - Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft e.V., Essen
Dr. Volker Meyer-Guckel, Secretary General - German Cancer Aid Foundation, Bonn
Gerd Nettekoven, Chairman of the Board - Money and Currency Foundation, Frankfurt am Main
Prof. Michael Krause Ph.D., Chairman of the Board - Giersch Foundation, Frankfurt am Main
Karin Giersch, Honorary Senator of Goethe University
Prof. Carlo Giersch, Senator E.h. - Polytechnic Society Foundation, Frankfurt am Main
Prof. Dr. Frank E. P. Dievernich, Chairman of the Board - Starke Lunge Foundation, Hofheim
Julia Fischer, Board Member - Pro Universitate University Foundation
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Bender, Member of the Board of Directors - Association of Friends and Sponsors of Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Bender, Chairman of the Board of Directors - Volkswagen Foundation, Hannover
Dr. Henrike Hartmann, Member of the Executive Board - von Opel Hessische Foundation, Frankfurt am Main
Gregor von Opel, Board Member - Werner Reimers Foundation, Bad Homburg v.d.H.
Dr. Albrecht Graf von Kalnein, Board Member - Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Foundation, Hanau
Prof. Dr. Joachim Treusch, Honorary Chairman - Willy Robert Pitzer Foundation, Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Helmut Häuser, Chairman of the Board
Advisory participant | Chair University Council
University Council of Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
- Silke Lautenschläger, Chair
Adv. participants | Ex. Board Goethe University
Executive Board of Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
- Prof. Dr. Enrico Schleiff, President of Goethe University
- Prof. Dr. Bernhard Brüne, Vice President of Goethe University
- Dr. Ulrich Breuer, Chancellor of Goethe University
- Prof. Dr. Michael Huth, Vice President of Goethe University
- Ulrich Schielein, CIO and Vice President of Goethe University
- Prof. Dr. Viera Pirker, Vice President of Goethe University
- Prof. Dr. Sabine Andresen, Vice President of Goethe University